Reporting and Operations

Travel Expenses

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Originally Posted: December 1, 2009
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  • Create a standardized travel reimbursement request form with instructions for completion.  Excel can be used for the form so totals will be automatically calculated once the form is completed.
  • Require appropriate documentation for all travel reimbursement requests.
  • Require the submitter of the travel reimbursement request to sign the request.  Require an approval for operational staff requests by their immediate supervisors and approval for non-staff requests by operational staff.
  • Let employees know that travel expenses will be audited.  This could produce better self-monitoring of expense reports submitted by employees.  If these audit costs need to be reduced (maybe there are many reports with a small average dollar amount), randomly audit the reports.  Those employees with errors on their reports should have all future reports audited as long as errors continue.
  • Let employees know which expenses are allowable.